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Sources of Stellar Energy, Einstein- Eddington Timescale of Gravitational Contraction and Eternally Collapsing Objects
Abhas Mitra
We point out that although conventional stars are primarily fed by burning of nuclear fuel at their cores, in a strict sense, the process of release of stored gravitational energy,…
Does Pressure Increase or Decrease Active Gravitational Mass Density?
Abhas Mitra
It is known that, for a static fluid sphere, the GeneralRelativistic (GR) Effective Mass Energy Density (EMD) appears to be (rho + 3 p), where rho is the bare mass density, p is th…
Why Gravitational Contraction Must be Accompanied by Emission of Radiation Both in Newtonian and Einstein Gravity
Abhas Mitra
By using virial theorem, Helmholtz and Kelvin showed that the contraction of a bound self-gravitating system must be accompanied by release of radiation energy irrespective of the…
Radiation Pressure Supported Stars in Einstein Gravity: Eternally Collapsing Objects
Abhas Mitra
Even when we consider Newtonian stars, i.e., stars with surface gravitational redshift, z<< 1, it is well known that, theoretically, it is possible to have stars, supported against…
A generic relation between baryonic and radiative energy densities of stars
Abhas Mitra
By using elementary astrophysical concepts, we show that for any self-luminous astrophysical object, the ratio of radiation energy density inside the body (rho_r) and the baryonic…